[BUG] Video recording not work in android

[heshesh2010]

Hi ,
I'm using latest version 3.8.0

E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.view.Surface android.media.MediaRecorder.getSurface()' on a null object reference
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at io.flutter.plugins.camera.Camera.startCapture(Camera.java:535)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at io.flutter.plugins.camera.Camera.startVideoRecording(Camera.java:764)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at io.flutter.plugins.camera.MethodCallHandlerImpl.onMethodCall(MethodCallHandlerImpl.java:122)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel$IncomingMethodCallHandler.onMessage(MethodChannel.java:258)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartMessenger.invokeHandler(DartMessenger.java:295)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartMessenger.lambda$dispatchMessageToQueue$0$io-flutter-embedding-engine-dart-DartMessenger(DartMessenger.java:322)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartMessenger$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0.run(Unknown Source:12)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:942)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8757)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:571)
E/MethodChannel#plugins.flutter.io/camera_android(18473): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1067)
E/flutter (18473): [ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: CameraException(videoRecordingFailed, prepare failed:-12)
E/flutter (18473): #0 handleErrorWithHandler
methods.dart:28
E/flutter (18473): #1 CameraPickerState.startRecordingVideo
camera_picker_state.dart:701
E/flutter (18473):
E/flutter (18473):
E/DartMessenger(18473): Uncaught exception in binary message listener
E/DartMessenger(18473): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Reply already submitted
E/DartMessenger(18473): at io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartMessenger$Reply.reply(DartMessenger.java:435)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel$IncomingMethodCallHandler.onMessage(MethodChannel.java:278)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartMessenger.invokeHandler(DartMessenger.java:295)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartMessenger.lambda$dispatchMessageToQueue$0$io-flutter-embedding-engine-dart-DartMessenger(DartMessenger.java:322)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartMessenger$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0.run(Unknown Source:12)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:942)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8757)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:571)
E/DartMessenger(18473): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1067)
I/ViewRootImpl@dc47214MainActivity: ViewPostIme pointer 1
I/MediaRecorderJNI(18473): finalize

flutter doctor
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[MutongXiao]

I had the same issue, it seems to be caused by a problem with the camera package, I upgraded the camera_android package and then this plugin works fine on Android 13 devices.

Reference link: flutter/flutter#109769

[AlexV525]

Duplicate of #147

[MutongXiao]

不知道是不是camera这个包已经更新了，camera_android这个包好像修复了在安卓13出现空指针这个问题，我直接将camera_android升级到了最新版本，然后插件居然能运行了，作者是否考虑更新一下这个插件呢？

[AlexV525]

作者是否考虑更新一下这个插件呢？

flutter/flutter#109769 (comment)